Packing for journal-boxes.



V N0 Drawing yrLoYn L. ING eAHAimoI'rIIILAnE LrHIA; PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, isxznmm ASS NME TS; 'I'O RAILWAY V'IION or ew YORK.

' To all whom may concern B'e i' known that I, FLOYD a citizen of the United States, residing in f Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented {5. Certain Improvements in Packing for Jour nal-Boxes, ofwhich the following is a specification. V r A One object of my invention is to improve the packing used in journal boxes, particuoil is conveyed to the journal by waste, usually of wool, or a similar textile material.

Another object of the invention is to'prowaste to give it resiliency so as to enable the fiber to more readily carry the oil from the A lower portion of thebox'to the journal. Incarrying out my invention, I-preferv ably mix the waste, of wool, cotton orsimi 2 0 lar fibrous materiaL-with a seawee or ma,

, rine grass, and the particular marine ass Q' that I have used is known as eel grass Z03.-

5 temmarma). I find that this grass hasa :considerable amount, of elasticity and W111 not readily take upthe lubricating oils used 7 so that whenthis grass is thoroughly mixed ffwith the fibers of the waste, the waste-is forced againstthejournal and will'readily jconvey theilubric'ating oils from thelower portion of the boxto the'jour'nalg In preparing the packing,LI preferably pass the-waste through a combing machine,

' which will open up the fibers and remove the 5 dirt, or other foreign material, from the waste, and at the sametime I introduce Ii; INGRAH I, strands'of seaweed, in givenproportions, to-

larlycar axle boxes, in which the lubricating- JOURNAL PACKING COMPANY, IN AconronA-f PACKING non JoURNALBoxEs.

this waste, and, as the seaweed is dry, the greater portion of the sand adhering thereto has dropped away andthis additionalagita- 3 tion removes the sand that still remains on Specification of Letters Patent. v Patentedsepfl 24, 1918, V V f Application filed March 8,1917 Serial No. 153,444. I

the grass as it is mixed with the waste'and and cotton may be used, and, in some instances, cotton may be used alone, but I pre fer, where possible, to use a waste in which thewool is in excess-1 A jit will A be understood that a combination of wool vide means foropening up the mass of wool Theeel, grass which I prefer to use has the '7 property of not absorbing the lubricating oils to'any appreciable extent and retains its resiliency fora longtime so that it is especially applicable for use in journal boxes and 'particularly car axle boxes. 7 i

Iclaimz' r consisting of a textilewaste combined with eel grass; i

'2. Av'packing o ournal boxes'con sistin of wool waste thoroughly mixed with an: eel

A grass from which the sand, and other foreign matter'adhering thereto, has been removed. I

1. A fibrous packin'grfor journal boxes I JO; 7

A Inwitness whereof I atfix my signature. Z

FLOYD L. ING A IA A 7 Ocpl erof ,thil'patent may be obtained tor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 5: il'atentli,

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